Botswana President tells MPs 'Bushmen can hunt in reserve'
In an astonishing reversal of government policy, Botswana's President Festus Mogae has told British MPs that Bushmen are free to hunt in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
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Bushman witness 'feared for her life' during evictions
The first Bushman woman to give evidence during the court case in which 243 Bushmen are suing the government for the right to return to their ancestral land has told the court that she 'feared for her life' when being evicted in 2002.
Indigenous leader shocked by visit to Botswana Bushmen
A Khoisan youth leader from South Africa's Northern Cape has returned from Botswana shocked by the conditions he found in the Bushman eviction site of New Xade.
Critical time for uncontacted Indians
A bill now being debated in Paraguay's Senate could provide a vital safe haven for uncontacted Indians - the last outside the Amazon.
Bushmen's historic court case to recommence in November
The historic court case brought by the Gana and Gwi Bushmen against the Botswana government is due to recommence on 3 November in Lobatse, the seat of Botswana's high court.
Bushmen's historic court case to recommence in November
The historic court case brought by the Gana and Gwi Bushmen against the Botswana government is due to recommence on 3 November in Lobatse, the seat of Botswana's high court.
10-year-old is latest victim in wave of Indian murders
South America celebrates Columbus Day on Sunday 12 October - only days after a ten-year-old Brazilian Indian became the latest victim in a spate of killings and persecution of South American Indians.
Future of tribes lies in the balance
The Brazilian government is delaying ratifying the boundaries of an Indian area, Raposa-Serra do Sol, in north Brazil with disastrous consequences for the 12,000 Indians who have lived there since time immemorial.